Fuel Your Passion for the Industry: Never Stop Learning — Staying up-to-date in this evolving industry is critical, and to be successful you must make great efforts to continue learning. From cosmetology school to becoming an industry veteran, expanding education and growing your skill set is essential for ongoing success. read more>

Commit to Life-Long Learning — So you've recently graduated from beauty college … now what? Do you feel confident you are ready to put your freshly acquired skills to work in an actual salon? Have you narrowed your job search to an independent salon, multiple salon group, or chain? Do you know which provide mentoring and ongoing education opportunities? Have you considered the differences between employee-status and booth rental? read more>

Are You Working Harder for Less? — This is a Monday Morning Wake-Up for all the owners and leaders stuck in survival mode and growing weary of being in a state of working harder for less. Owning and leading a successful business has always been about giving it all you've got. You willfully give your time to the point where working a 40-hour week would feel like a vacation. read more>

Learn to Earn at Every Stage of Your Career — This issue of The Stylist is packed with great ideas to help you advance your career. Whether you've recently graduated from cosmetology school or you've been working in a salon for years -- even decades -- the key to earning more is learning more. It's that simple.read more>

Conscious Design, Competency and Confidence — In my journeys on our industry's blue highways I have often been asked, "How can I increase my earning potential?"
While there is no one definitive answer, there are some key factors and actions to consider making this worthy desire a reality. The first step in achieving any desired growth is determining the amount of growth desired. read more>

Enriching Your Earning Potential — There are many different approaches to learning the skills needed to be an esthetician. Most schools have as their key objective to teach you the skills necessary to get your license. This is not unique to the cosmetology industry. Many other fields are the same way such as realtors. So you have some choices to carefully consider once you have completed your program and obtained your license. read more>

Building Your Self Confidence in the Salon — Okay readers, it's musical history time. If you've ever seen "The Sound of Music," you might be familiar with the song "I Have Confidence in Me."
The protagonist, Maria, sang it exuberantly en route to her new job. (If you haven't seen it, go look up the lyrics. I'll be here when you get back.) This, my friends, is the kind of confidence you need when you're fresh out of school. Confidence comes from belief in your own talent, mixed with experience, which you gain more of as you continue to work. The more you do, the more confident and successful you will be! read more>

Continue to Improve Your Skillset — Beauty school often feels like a whirlwind. From the excitement of registering for school, the months of training, to the final exam and graduation, it all seems to pass so quickly. Now with a license in your clammy hand your excitement may have miraculously transformed into a feeling of fear and insecurity. read more>

Making Your Business More Profitable — How do you make your business more profitable? Before answering that question, it's necessary to step back a bit and define the word profit. From dictionary.com - Profit is "the monetary surplus left to a producer or employer after deducting wages, rent, cost of raw materials, etc." In other words, it is the money left over. Most of us live from month-to-month, paycheck-to-paycheck. We don't seem to have a problem bringing the money in but rather keeping the money from disappearing. read more>

You've Graduated, Now What? — There were times where you probably questioned if you would ever get through your required hours, repetition of services and memorizing and passing that state board test. You have accomplished so much and are now a licensed professional. But now what? Where do you start? The first step is to build your confidence as a professional technician. read more>